The Yankee Champion — page 127: what you’re looking at

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120 THE YANKEE CHAMPION. buckling his faithful old sword about him, and tak- ing his glass, he sprang up the ladder. Right abeam, not more than a mile and a half dis- tant, loomed up the same vessel that had blockaded the port of Newburyport when the brig ran out. Nixon knew her the moment he brought his glass to bear on her. ‘“That’s a bad fix, isn’t it??? said Cummings, as he stood gazing upon the sloop-of-war. ‘‘Rather bad, I must confess,’’ returned Nixon. “You'll have your turn now, if I am not much mistaken.”’ The officers turned suddenly upon the last speaker, and found it to be the captain of the store-brig. He had the privilege of the deck, and having heard the movements of the crew he had come up from his berth. ‘What d’ye s’pose is goin’ to give us our + eaneee asked Maynard. “That sloop-of-war,’’ returned the Englishman, while his eyes sparkled with satisfaction. ‘““An’ what in thunder d’ye s’pose we care ’bout her?”’ ‘“You’ll see when she comes up.”’ ‘““S’pose’n’ she shouldn’t come up, old feller?” ‘She looks like it now, at all events. ”’ “So did you a like goin’ into Boston harbor afore we took ye.’ The Englishman winced. “We didn’t know you,’’ he said, ‘for you wore false colors; but that ship does know you, and you'll find it out, too.’’ ‘“‘We sailed under false colors, did we?’’ uttered Jake, with a provoking look. “Yes, you did.’’ “-comicbooks.com |